[Publib] ALA conference sites

Tue Jul 10 11:24:45 EDT 2007

I saw that AFTER I sent out the note. I guess the only limiting factor 
for the Annual would be number of conference/class rooms available close 
in; apparently 350 are required. Certainly we can handle the number of 
attendees.

Looking forward to seeing many of you! Bring your 
skis/snowboards....only one hour from great skiing/boarding.

Fred

GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido wrote:

> We are going to Denver for Midwinter
>
> 2009 Midwinter Meeting, Denver, CO: Jan 23-28, 2009
>
> I do not think Denver is big enough to hold Annaul; it is one of my 
> favorite conference cities however.
>
> GraceAnne
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> The honorable Fred Beisser noted on 10 Jul 2007 thusly:
>
> Maybe ALA should consider Denver.....no longer a "cowtown" in its 
> culture and amenities. You can always check
> on how the attendees at the Democratic National Convention feel after 
> their confab here.
>
> Fred Beisser
> Trustee
> www.elbertcountylibrary.org <http://www.elbertcountylibrary.org>
> Colorado
>
> James Casey wrote:
>
> Sue:  As I recall, the Cincinnati City Council failed to pass a Gay
> Rights ordinance in 1993 and ALA Executive Board decided to pull the ALA
> Mid Winter for 1995 from Cincinnati and give it to Philadelphia (of
> Frank Rizzo fame).
> Philly was a snowy site, but well attended and convenient for many
> folks.
>
> Sites get zapped more commonly due to weather, transportation and
> lodging issues.  Miami in Summer 1994 was a disaster in terms of
> attendance, heat and ground transportation issues.  Florida was tainted
> by the Miami debacle. Consequently, Orlando was dumped for 1996 in favor
> of New York City.  New York City proved to be plagued with labor and
> construction issues as well as problems that forced it to be held around
> the July 4th weekend in 1996.  Consequently we haven't been back to NYC
> since 1996 and won't see it again until 2013.  Orlando 2004 was a
> disaster nearly as big as Miami 1994.
> And Orlando has been dumped for 2010 in favor of Washington, D.C..
> San Francisco was always among the favorite sites and most well attended
> Conferences until labor problems in the hotels in 2001 caused the site
> to fall off the list of sites.  The Executive Board decided to stay with
> New Orleans in 2006 despite the destruction of Katrina, destruction of
> many businesses and lingering fears about toxics.  While it proved to be
> the lowest attendance of any prior ALA Annual, I would bet that it won't
> be removed from the list.  The Executive Board moves in mysterious ways.
>
> Anaheim for ALA Annual 2008 may well be another Orlando. Those I know
> who have been to that city have been disappointed in the lack of
> downtown amenities (if you don't like Mickey Mouse) and the huge
> distance from LAX (Los Angeles Airport) --- a very long cab ride of some
> $90 -- and the closer airport in Anaheim is very expensive to book
> flights.  Of course, it will be fairly hot in the Summer as well. 
>
> James B. Casey --- My own views
> ALA Council Member
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [ mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org ] On Behalf Of Sue Kamm
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 10:47 PM
> To: charles hobbs; publib at webjunction.org <mailto:publib at webjunction.org>
> Subject: RE: [Publib] ALA conference sites
>
> It was an ALA division, ACRL (Association of College and Research
> Libraries) that did that. 
>
> There was a precedent: ALA refused to meet in states that had not
> ratified
> the Equal Rights Amendment, and I believe pulled a Midwinter meeting
> from
> Cincinnati because of censorship of an exhibition of Robert
> Mapplethorpe's
> work.
>
> Your friendly neighborhood CyberGoddess and ALA Councilor at Large,
> Sue Kamm
> Email: suekamm[at]mindspring.com
> Inglewood/Los Angeles, CA
> Los Angeles Dodgers Truest of the Blue, 2000
> Visit my blog:  http://suekamm.blogspot.com
> Baseball Is Life...the rest is details.
>
>
>  
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> [Original Message]
> From: charles hobbs <cph1776 at yahoo.com> <mailto:cph1776 at yahoo.com>
> To: <publib at webjunction.org> <mailto:publib at webjunction.org>
> Date: 7/9/2007 8:26:11 PM
> Subject: [Publib] ALA conference sites
>
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> Here is some information about how ALA conference
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>
> sites >are chosen.
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> http://www.ala.org/ala/confservices/upcoming/upcomingconferences.htm
>      
>
> Wasn't there some politically oriented decisions as
> well (for example, didn't ALA threaten to pull out of
> Arizona because of the lack of Martin Luther King Day
> there?)
>
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> GraceAnne A. DeCandido
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> forward. Which is to say alive."
> --George Ella Lyon,  Don't You Remember? A Memoir. 2007

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